Apply for a U.S. Visa

All receipts for payment of Machine-Readable Visa (MRV) fees issued before October 1, 2022, will expire September 30, 2023. There will be no extensions of fee validity. Applicants must schedule an appointment or submit an interview waiver application before September 30, 2023 to avoid paying a new fee. Please note that the interview itself does not need to take place before September 30, 2023, but an interview appointment needs to be made in the system, even if it is scheduled months into the future. Furthermore, applicants using MRV fees paid before October 1, 2022 to book an appointment are cautioned not to attempt to change their appointment dates on or after October 1, 2023. Doing so will result in forfeiture of both the original appointment slot and the MRV fee receipt. The applicant will be required to pay a new fee and submit a new application package.

While the Embassy tries to process nonimmigrant visa cases as soon as practicable, wait times have increased for open appointments and completing consular services due to substantial backlogs created by the global pandemic. We strongly recommend you review current wait times here and plan future travel accordingly. We thank you for your understanding and advanced planning.

Immigrant Visa Services: U.S. Embassy Tbilisi’s immigrant visa unit is now conducting a limited number of immediate relative spouse and child immigrant visa, K visa, family preference immigrant visa, employment-based immigrant visa, returning resident SB-1, and diversity visa interviews. Applicants will receive instructions regarding the scheduling of appointments when their cases are ready for interview. If you have an urgent immigrant visa matter, please contact us to request an emergency appointment, providing your full name and date of birth, case number if known, and justification for an emergency appointment.

Nonimmigrant Visa Services: U.S. Embassy Tbilisi’s nonimmigrant visa unit is currently providing emergency appointments for limited circumstances. Routine services for all visas classes are ongoing in limited capacities. Applicants are strongly encouraged to review the appointment schedule daily from Monday through Friday for newly-opened appointments in all visa classes. If you find an appointment before your currently-scheduled appointment you can re-schedule your interview for any available date up to 10 times in this system.

If you have an urgent nonimmigrant visa matter and need to travel immediately, please follow the guidance provided here to request an emergency appointment.

All nonimmigrant visa application fee (also known as the MRV fee) payments made on or after October 1, 2022, are valid for 365 days from the date a receipt is issued for payment of the MRV fee. Applicants must schedule an interview appointment or submit an interview waiver application during this 365-day period. Please note applicants must only schedule their interview or submit their waiver application within the 365-day period. There is no requirement the interview must occur during the 365-day period. All receipts for payment of MRV fees issued before October 1, 2022, were extended until September 30, 2023, and remain valid until this date.